FILE - Egypt national winger during the group stage game against South Korea, photo courtesy of the tournament’s official website
CAIRO – 27 July 2019: Egypt U21 Handball team face France on Saturday at the 2019 Men's Junior World Handball Championship semi finals in Vigo.
The Egyptian team surprised handball fans after they produced a great performance throughout the competition and reached the semi-final unbeaten.
The draw put Egypt alongside France at the group stage and the Egyptians destroyed their opponents with a 37-32 victory.
The Egyptian team appears at the semi-finals for the sixth time in the history and they hope to continue their undefeated run at the competition and reach the final for the first time since 1993 when Egypt won the title at home.
The World Cup draw put Egypt in the group of death alongside Sweden, France, South Korea, Nigeria and Australia.
Egypt achieved five wins at the group to reach the second round as group leaders.
Egypt faced Serbia on Wednesday at the second round and won 30-29 before defeating Norway at the semi-finals.
Egyptian Handball national team squad includes: Abdelrahman Taha, Abdelrahman Hameed, Galal Khorshid, Abdelaziz Ehab, Shehab Abdallah, Hassan Walid, Seif El Deraa, Ahmed Hesham, Ahmed Rady, Hazem Mamdouh, Mohsen Ramadan, Mohamed El Azhary, Omar Khaled, Omar Samy, Khaled Waleed and Yasser Mohamed.
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